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Can someone help me to identify this seal script character
Thanks

What source does it come from?
Does it have context?
Are you certain you have written it correctly (for example, there is conventionally a small stroke at the top of the 糸 element when written with the round shapes)?

This comes from a seal under a bronze vessel. Thanks for your advice

Dear JPH,
Here are the reading of the characters
Left;
肖　-　xiào: similar, resembling, to resemble, to be like - Xiāo: Surname
Right;
素　 - sù：essence, nature, element, plain, white etc.

However, (re. your Jan.24 posting) do not forget that on your vase in front of 肖 there is a stylized standing lizard, which is actually Radical 162 "walk"　辵　in the Kangxi Dictionary.
Therefore 辵＋肖　makes the character 趙 "Zhao"
I have encountered this standing lizard variation
none once.
The other side, lizard behind 素　is new to me, but the analogy can be applied here too.
糸+此　→　紫　Zī
On the other hand, the irregular but generally accepted character order from left to right was necessarily determined by the radical of character Zhao

With regards,
I.Nagy

Many thanks for your detailed advice
Best regards from France

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